Into the Blue
Subtitle: A Father's Flight and a Daughter's Return
Publisher: St. Martin's Press
Published: June 1, 2004
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 288
ISBN-13: 9780312321413
Subjects: Cardiovascular Diseases; Social Institutions; Family & Relationships; Biography / Autobiography; Family/Marriage; Caregiving; Diseases - Nervous System (incl. Brain); Medical - General; Family & Relationships / Family Relationships; Diseases - Heart; Family Relationships; Biography; Cerebrovascular disease; Edsall, Wayne; Health; Montana; Patients
First sentence: In March of 2000, spring arrived early in Montana.
Description: Three years ago, Susan Edsall's Father, a rebuilder and pilot of antique airplanes, suffered a devastating stroke that left him unable to read, write, speak, tell time, understand the alphabet--or fly. The doctors told Susan the best her family could hope for was that he would learn to play checkers. Susan knew if her dad couldn't fly, he'd just as soon not breathe, so she chose another path. Battling the pessimistic conclusion of the experts--and her own looming fears--she and her sister, Sharon, aka the Blister Sisters, decided to take matters into their own hands. With no medical training but double doses of determination, they bushwhacked their own rehab program and got their father back behind the controls of his beloved open-cockpit biplane and into the air. Susan Edsall's Into the Blue is a powerful family memoir about two feisty sisters from Montana who bring their father back to life--and discover themselves in the process. Inspiring, gritty, and often hilarious, it's also the story of anyone who has ever fought back from a dire prognosis to pursue a cherished dream.